Type-writing machine.



No. 890,361. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

G. E. KELLEY. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1907.

Ir/M05 b'halelfilw X B W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. KELLEY, OF CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD TYPE- WRITER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9', 1908,

Application filed July 12, 1907. Serial No. 383,426.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, CHARLES E. KELLEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Clarksbur in the county of Harrison and State of est Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ty e- Writing Machines,}of which the following is a specification.

relates to devices which uide or su port the paper, es ecially'as it is eing intro need around the p aten of a typewriting machine.

Heretofore, gages and supports for the side edges of the pa er while it is being intro duced into the mac ine,have'been mounted directly upon the usual paper shelves which incline upwardly from the rear side, of the laten; but these have been found more or This invention ess obiectionable on account of the difii-- cult 0 adjusting the same along the paper shel and liability to scratch or mar the shelf.

' shelf and engaging 7 proved paper gui Ac'cordin to my present improvements a suitable ra is mounted on the back side of the paper shelf, and the side gage for the sheets 1s provided with supporting means extending back over the top ed e of the aper said raii The gerpiece conveniently extending over the top of the paper shelf enables the operator to release t e paperage or guide for ready adjustment along the rail and platen.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation artly in sectlon of the ime. Figs. 2 and 3, the latter in section, are perspective views qtthe papergage and its carrier. Fig. ,4 is aperspective view of a brake-lever or device to rail along which the paper guide is a justed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the im' rovements applied to the paper shelf of an nderwood typewritin machine, said paper shelf shown in dotted ines. Fig. 6 is an end'e1evation, partly in section, of a part of the platen frame of anUnderwood typewritin machine with my improvements applie thereto.

Type-bars 1 strike againstthe front sideof a platen 2 mounted upon a platen frame comprising ends 3, and

an mtervenin" a er shelf 4 ;'rollers g p der gage preferably in the form of a ange bent rip the.

ing therealong,

up from a plate or finger 9 which serves as a support for the side edge portion of the paper. Usually two of the devices 8, 9 are employed, but I describe herein only one thereof with its supporting and adjustingmeans. At its rear end, the plate 9 curves at 10 around the roll or bead 11, which usually. constitutes the top edge of the paper shelf 4 in said machine. In rear of the paper shelf, r the hook shaped ear 12 which is secured by a rivet 13 to the side 14 of a bracket-like carrier which slides upon rods I5, 16 parallel with the platen and supported by means of brackets 17 and screws 18 on the'rear side of the paper-shelf; said rod constituting a'double track or rail along which the carrier slides together with the paper guide. Each of the slides 14, 19 of the carrier (designated as 20) is provided with o enings 21, 22, to fit upon the rods 15, 16. ieguide may hence be adjusted to any, desired position along the platen 2, and liability of marring the paper shelf is'avoided.

Upon the rivet 13 is pivoted a lever 23 that is pressed by a s ring 24 up against the under side of one or l foth of the rods 15, 16.

he s ring 24 is riveted at 25 to the carrier 20 an causes the end of the lever to operate as a brake to gripthe rod, so that danger of accidental displacement of the guide 8 along the rod or rail is avoided. An arm 26 of said lever curves forwardly above the top lever of v the aper shelf 4, and is provided on its for ward end with a key 2.7. By depressing the key, the lower part or shoe of the lever is thrown down from the rail, as at Fig. 6, thus releasin the gage 8, so that it may be adi'usted reely along the platen. on reieving the key 27 of pressure, the ever 23 again takes hold of the rail to secure 8 in the position to which it is adjusted.

Variat1ons,may be resorted to in adapting the invention to different machines; and the same is also adapted for other uses.

Having thus-described my invention, I claim: 1. In atypewriting machine provided A with'a platen, a platen frame and'a aper.

shelf in rear of the platen, the combination of a rail in rear of sald paper shelf andextenda carrier {mounted on said rail, an arm'extending from said carrier for wardly 'over'the top edge of the she1f,a gag upon said armjto guide the side edge of t e paper, means upon said carrier to vgrip said part 10 is formed with an 65 H rail, and a finger piece to release said gripping;

means,

2. In a ty ewriting machine'provided with a platen, a p atenframe, and a paper shelf in rear of the platen, the combination of a rail the top edge of the paper shelf and engaging said rail to support the guide and. enable the latter to be ad usted along the platen. l

. 3. In a ty ewriting machine provided with a platen, a p aten frame, and a paper shelf in rear of theplaten, the combination of a rail mounted upon the rear of the papershelf and extending therealong, a guide forward of the paper shelf for the side edge of the aper, said guide havin means extending has over the top edge of t e paper shelf and engaging said rail to support the guide and enable the latter to be adjusted along the .platen, (a finger piece mounted over the top edge of the pa er shelf, and rail-gripping means releas- 2'5 ab e by said finger piece.

4. In a typewriting machine provided with a platen, a platen frame and a paper shelf in rear of the platen, the combination of a rail mounted upon the rear of the paper shelf and extending therealong, a paper-guide fore forward ofv aper, I

pressing saidbrake against a fixed part to prevent accidental displacement of the guide along said rail, and a key to release said brake.

5'. In a typewriting machine provided with a platen; a platen frame and a paper shelf in the rear of the platen, the combination of a rail mounted upon the rear of the paper shelf and extending. therealonfg, aplaper guide forward 7 or t 451 of the paper shelf e side edge of the aper, sald/ guide havin means extending back over the top edge 0 the aper shelf to enga e said rail to support t e guide and enab e the'latter to be adjusted along the platen, a lever pivoted upon said guide and extending over the top edge of the paper shelf, a springpressing said lever agamst a fixed part to prevent accidental "displacement of the guide along said rail, and a key upon said lever to swing the same away frpm said fixed device to release said "de.

CHARLES E. KELL Witnesses: 1 Y

CARL W. NEFE, H. HOLDEN. 

